Trouser support



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mm@ imma@ Patented Feb. 16, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT `OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in trouser supports.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a convenient means for preventing contamination of garments, such as trousers, from unsanitary restroom facilities.

A further object of the invention is toprovide an improved trouser supportA which, when not in use, is concealed from view and causes no dis-- comfort to the wearer.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide an improved trouser support in the form of a looped extent of elastic webbing which is normally secured to `the inner surface of a trouser waist band, the major portion of said extent being removable from said position and being manipulatable Vin a novel manner to suspend thetrousers out of contact with a xture of the oor of a restroom.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved trouser support of the class described which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, convenient to wear and use, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes described.

With the above and other objectsin view, the invention consists of the improved trouser support and all of its parts and combinations, as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification, wherein is shown one complete embodiment of the `preferred`form of the invention, and wherein like characters of reference indicated the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of the inside of a trouser waist band with the improved trouser support in position to be fastened thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the reverse side of the trouser support shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective side view on a smaller scale, showing the improved trouser support in wearing position in a pair of trousers;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective front view of the improved trouser support and trousers of Fig. 3, showing the major portion of the trouser support removed from wearing position and depending rearwardly from said waist band; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective front view of the improved trouser support in operative position supporting the trousers of a wearer.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral I0 indicates a pair of trousers having a waist band II and having a rear center seam I2. Thetrousers I l) may have a pair of spaced inwardly facing female snap fastener elements I3 and I4 fixed thereto, adjacent and `at one side of the rear center seam I2. Another inwardly facing female snap fastener element I5 may be xed to a side portion of the waist band II on the opposite side of the seam I2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

The numeral It indicates the improved trousers supporting member, which is preferably fabricated from an elongated extent of elastic band material, such as elastic webbing. 'Ihe elongated band forming member It is reversely folded upon itself, and its ends are brought together and sewn to form a tab I1. The tab Il may be reinforced with a suitable non-elastic covering fabric which is placed thereon prior to stitching.

The tab Il may have fixed thereto a pair of male snap fastener elements I3 and Eil which are spaced apart similarly to the fastener elements I3 and I4. Adjacent the folded end 2| of the member I6 (opposite the tab I l) a male snap fastener element 20 is fixed to one of the stretches of the i member I6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The spacing between the elements I9 and 2l) is preferably substantiallythe same as the spacing between elements .I4 and I5.

The member` IS normally lies fiat against the inner surface of the waist band II, as shown in Fig. 3 and the male snap fastener elements J8, .I9 and 2|] are normally` engaged inthe female elements I3, I4 and I5 respectively. In this position the member I6 is concealed from View, and its presence is not noticeable to the wearer.

When it is desired to use the improved trouser support, the trouser fly is opened and the fastener element 20 is disengaged from the fastener element I5. Grasping the folded end 2|, the major portion of the member I6 is then drawn upwardly over the Waist band II, and is dropped rearwardly to depend from the connection of the tab I 'I with said waist band, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The trousers I0 are then lowered from the hips of the wearer, and the folded end 2| is drawn forwardly through the crotch of the trousers I0 and upwardly, pulling with it the rear waist band portion of said trousers. As the wearer assumes a sitting position, one arm is inserted through the member I6 and the folded end 2| is slung over the wearers shoulder to the position shown in Fig. 5. This stretches the member I6 and causes the latter to maintain an upward pull on the rear waist band portion connected thereto. Thus, the

3 trouser waist band portion is spaced forwardly and upwardly from the seat on which the wearer is sitting and is therefore out of contaminating contact with said seat. In addition, the improved support, by creating the aforementioned upward pull on the waist band Il, holds the trouser cuffs out of contact with the floor.

To return the improved support to inoperative or normal wearing position, the end portion 2l is slipped off the wearers shoulder, and the wearers arm is removed from the member I6. As the wearer assumes a standing position, the trousers are drawn upwardly in the usual manner, and the parts again assume the position of Fig. 4. The member' it is then laid along the inside of the waist band Il, as shown in Fig. 2, and the fastener 29 is snapped into the fastener I5. The trouser fly is then closed in the usual manner, concealing the member it from view. The irnproved trouser support remains in concealed normal wearing position until it is again used` Various changes and modiiications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all of such changes are contemplated as may come within the scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a pair of trousers having an annular waistband with an inner surface and a rear center seam coincident with and transverse to the cenn tral rear portion of the waistband: an elongated auxiliary elastic band norrriaily overiying the rear and one side portion of said waistband inner sur face and having one end connected to waistband adjacent said rear seam, said anxiliari,T band having its other end portion removably connected to a side of said waistband portion reinste from said rear seam, 'the portion of said auxiliary band between the trouser' rear seam and that portion which is removably attached to a side of the waistband being elongated and looped for extension over the rear portion of 'the waistband, through the crotch of the trousers and looped over the shoulder of a seated wearer in stretched condition when detached from the side of the waistband.

2. In a pair of trousers having an annular waistband around its upper open periphery with an inner surface, said surface including rear and side portions; an elongated auxiliary elastic band normally overlying the rear and side portions of said waistband inner surface in contracted condition, said band comprising an elongated extent of material folded upon itself substantially midway of its length providing a doubled end and having its other ends secured together to form a tab; means connecting the tab end of the auxiliary band to the intermediate rear portion of the inner surface of the waistband; and means detachably connecting the doubled end of said auxiliary band to a side portion of the inner surface of the waistband remote from the connection for the tab end of the auxiliary band, the doubled end of the auxiliary band upon being detached from the trouser waistband permitting the entire doubled extent of the auxiliary band to be extended exteriorly over the intermediate rear portion of the waistband, through the crotch of the trousers and looped over the shoulder of a seated wearer in stretched condition.

3. In a pair of trousers having a substantially annular waistband forming an inner surface coextensive with the upper open periphery of the garment, the trousers also having a rear center seam transverse to the waistband and coincident with the rear central portion thereof, an auxiliary support for the rear of the trousers when the same are partially lowered relative to a wearer in a sitting position, comprising an elongated auxiliary band secured at one end to the inner surface of said waistband adjacent the rear center seam of the garment and positionable in one position of use around an extended portion of the inner surface cf 'the waistband from said rear center seam te a remote side portion in a con- ,d condition, `the extended portion of the iiary band being elongated, elastic and iooped, and means for removably securing the outer end of the looped portion of the auxiliary band to the inner surface of the side of the waistband, the auxiliary band when detached from the side of the waistband being alternatively engageable under the crotch of the trousers and over a shoulder of a seated wearer.

GEORGE H. SCHMIDT.

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